Samuel selden



(Model.)

S. SELDEN.

13003 HANGER.

Pa tented Sept. 6, 1881.

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

SAMUEL BELDEN, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,642, dated September 6, 1881.

Application filed March 21, 1881. (Model.)

T0 all whom I mayconcern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BELDEN, a resident of Eric, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, and a citizen of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvernents in Door-Hangers; and I de hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, 1eference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters 01 figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to the construction and attachment of the sheaves er wheels of hangi1ig sliding doors.

My device is shown in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure 1 is a perspectve view, showing the side of a building, a part of a sliding door, my hanger, and the track on which the sheave runs, h being the flange of the part H and entirely distinct from the sheave NV. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the hanger, door,traek, and side of building.

The parts shown are indicated b v letters of reference, as follows:

A is the door, and A a strip 011 the outside of the door, which latter, however, is not essential in many forms of doors. B is the side 0r wall of the building, 0, a strip, either upon the building or door, for closing the space between the door and the building. T is the track en whch thesheavesrun; W, the wheel or sheave, H, a stud on which is formed the journal or axis of the wheel, and h a flange en said stud, E, aflanged washer; D and D, a bolt and nut, and 01 a washer enlarging the head of the bolt.

The primary object of my invention is to produce a strong, durable, and cheap hanger,

and it may be applied t0 various kinds ofoverhanging doors, such as barn-doors, cardoors, gates, 850.

All the door-hangers of this class With which I am acquainted (except s0me for inside werk, like hanging sliding doors fox parlors, &c., which are hung directly above the door and run on a double track) have the bracket-irori attached to the outside of the door, and a shank 01 neck crosses over the top of the door, s0 as to bring the sheave directly above the door upon a track overhanging the door. Such a construction, however, is 'aulty, in that the sha-nk or neck of the bracket-iron often breaks ofi between thejournal of the sheave and the place where the iron is attached to the door; also, the attachment of said bracket-iron, bein g generally made by common wood-screws, is apt to work loose.

It is the purpose of my invention t0 over come these cbjections.

In my device the door is carried up past the side of the track, and the sheave is placed on the inside of the door. This brings the door away from the wall somewhat; but I fill the space with the cleat 0, and thus overccme that difficulty. The advantages derived from such a construction will appear hereinatter.

My han gin g device is constructed as fcllows: H is a round stud, which enters a hole bored through the door near the top. This stud has a large flange, h, which gives a facing upon the side of the door. It also has a part forming the axis or journal of the sheave WV. It is also perforated throughout its len gth to receive the bolt D. A washer, d, or, if desired, an enlarge ment of the head of the bol t, servesto hold the sheave upon itsjournal. A flan ged washer, E, en the outside of the door sets in the stud-hole in thedoor, and serves as a hearing for the nut washer E and the flange h on the stud H, and

the wheel or sheave is properly held in place upon the journal provided 011 the stud.

This construction is very simple, strong, and cheap, and it is quickly and easily attached to the door. The one bolt D holds all the parts in place. No vvood-screws are used, and consequently the fastening is solid anddurable. If desired, the following modifications may be made in the ccnstruction:

The stad H may pass clear Lhrough the door, and, in place of the bolt, a screwthread and nut at each end of the studmay be usedone te serve in the place of the washer d and the other in place 0f-the nut D. The stud H need not pass into the door at all, but be attached thereto by bolts passing thrcugh the flan ge and the door. In this case, if the bolt D is omitted, as it may be, there must be provided a proper device f0r holding the sheave upon its axis in IOO place of the washer d. That part of the stud H which passes through the door may be omitted, and tl1e bolt 0nly pass through the door. Such variatons, however, do not depart from the line of my invention, and, while they might serve as well, they do not, I believe, present: as perfect a device as that; shown.

VVhat; I claim as new is 1. A sliding door having a hanging device cousisting of a sheave, by which the door is sus pended, and a fla-nged stad, forming the axis of said sheave, attached t0 said door 011 the side thereof next the wa1l of the building by being socketed in a hole in the door below the top of the same, and secured by a nut at its 0uter end, substanbially as shown.

2. In a door-hanger, the combnation, substantially as descrbed, of the i'ollowing elements: b sheave, W, the hollow stad H, with flange h, ajourual for the sheave, and means, zo substantia lly as sh0wn, f0r attachng the same to the door.

In testimony that I claim the foregong I h2we hereunto set my hand ths 15th day of March, 1881.

SAMUEL BELDEN.

Witi1esses:

JNO. K. HALLOCK, SELDEN 1VIARVIN. 

